Sunshade



May 30, 1933.

M. C. DU BOIS SUNSHADE Filed March 14, 1932 rznyum 1 ATTORWE) PatentedMay 30, 1933 r v I sire an IVIELDA C. DU BOIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA SUNSHADE Application filed March 14, 1932. Serial No.598,783.

The present invention relates particularly At 10-is shown a transparentsheet of suitto means for protecting the human face from able flexibleand transparent material, such the direct and indirect glaring rays ofthe as celluloid provided with an edging 11. sun, and th ind, This sheetmay be of any desired conforma- It is one object of the presentinvention to tion and is attached to band lat the upper I provide ameans of the character indicated ends of its side edges as shown at 12and13,

that will give the desired protection and yet the upper edge 1 1 of theshield, being of permit free circulation of air over the face greaterlength thanthat of the band 1 bewhereby to permit free breathing offresh tween the points of attachment whereby to air and prevent undueheating through the form an open space at 15. V :30

formation of air pockets. The shield is here'shown as stitched to It isanother object of the invention to the band 1 at 12 and 13 in such amanner provide a means of the character indicated that it is supportedat right angles to the that will provide positive protection to theplane of the band when in position on the 15 forehead of the wearer.head, pulling the band'down at the back 65 It is still another object toprovide a of the head serving to throw the lower pormeans of thecharacter indicated that will tion of the shield forwardly in such amanbe adaptable to heads of various sizes, that nor as not to bearagainst the nose of the will be light in weight, easily and quicklywearer.

applied and removed, strong, durable, eco- By means of this constructionair is al- 70 nomical to manufacture, that will permit unlowed tocirculate freely over the face of obstructed vision in all directions,and that the wearer since the shield has no ,positive will be highlyeflicient in its practical apcontact with the face at any point, ampleplication. space being provided at 15 to permit the air In the drawing:to flow freely therethrough. Since the Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa device upper edge 14 of the shield is held away embodying my inventionin position on the from the forehead, the forehead is not fully head.protected thereby therefore I provide a Figure 2 is a sectional viewthrough that means, including band 1 and band 9, to

so portion of the device overlying the forehead. directly overlie theforehead and protect it In the particular embodiment of the infrom thedirect rays of the sun. vention as herein disclosed I show at 1 anlVhile the whole shield in the present case endless elastic band adaptedto entirely enis described as being made of celluloid, it is circle thehead just above the eyebrows and obvious that similar results may beobtained of suhicient width to cover a material porif only a portion,particularly the upper 85 tion of the forehead. An elastic band 2 isportion, or top edge portion, be formed or fastened to the upper edge ofband 1 at the constructed in such a manner as to be resilfront and backas indicated at 3 and a reient. With a flexible but non-resilient bandspectively and is adapted to pass from front 1 and a resilient shieldthe device may be to back overthe top of the head. Another collapsed androlled up into a very small elastic band 5 is fastened to the two sidescompact package for transportation, but of band 1 as at' 6 and 7 and tothe center of when in position on the head the positioning band 2 as at8, bands 2 and 5 serving to of the band 1 automatically hows the shield,support band 1 in the desired position as thrusting the central partforwardly and indicated. causing the side edges to fit closely againstAt 9 is shown a wide elastic band secured the side of the head. at itslower edge to the upper edge of band It is to be understood, of course,that while 1 at point 3 and passes rearwardly and down- I have hereinshown and described but one wardly from both sides thereof to the pointsspecific embodiment of the invention,

50 of attachment of band 5 to band 1 at 6 and 7. changes in form,construction, and method of assembly and operation may be made Withinthe scope of the appended claim.

I claim: A device of the character described com- 5 prising a head bandof elastic material, a pair of cross bands arranged at right angles toeach other and having their ends attached to the front and rear portionsand the side portions respectively of said head band, a second handassociated with the front portion of said head band and having its endscoincident with said head band and fastened thereto at the points of thelatters attachment to the laterally extending cross band, said secondnamed bandextending upwardly intermediate its ends to cover the foreheadof the wearer and having the lower edge of its central portion fastenedto the upper edge of said head band at the point of the lattersattachment to said forwardly extending cross band, and a resilient sheetof transparent material substantially rectangular in shape fastened atits upper corners to said head band, said sheet being of a width greaterthan the portion of the head band confined between the points ofattachment thereto to space said sheet from the face of the wearer.MELDA C. DU BOIS.

